Bodhi updates-testing Autopush, Anonymous Commenting

[Hans de Goede]

Warren Togami wrote:
> This thread contains only strawman ideas to solicit ideas and opinions 
> for Bodhi.
> 
> NOTE: This mail talks only about how updates-testing tickets in bodhi 
> behave after they become updates-testing.  The controversial matter of 
> whether a package is required to go into updates-testing is a separate 
> matter to be discussed and ratified during Thursday's FESCo meeting.
> 
> Idea: updates-testing Autopush after Timeout
> ============================================
> 1) Bodhi should auto-push updates-testing after a time-out period.
> 2) Bodhi interface allows others to comment on the goodness/badness of a 
> test update.
> 3) Bodhi interface allows others to declare a test update broken, which 
> freezes the auto-push after timeout.
> 4) Package maintainer or admins can override this and push anyway.
> 
> Idea: Timeout Default, Configurable?
> ====================================
> Default updates-testing timeout is 7 days.  Package maintainer may set a 
> different timeout period (i.e. 4, 9 or 14 days), or turn off the timeout 
> entirely.
> 
> Idea: Anonymous Commenting
> ==========================
> Update and updates-testing announcement mail will have links to the 
> Bodhi ticket where users can comment on their experiences with that 
> package.  This should do good to improve communications between users 
> and developers, and also be handy for users to know more details about 
> the effect an updated package will have on their system.
> 
> (Perhaps not a link to the Bodhi ticket, but a separate comment-and-view 
> URL... lmacken can decide on this as an implementation detail.)
> 
> Currently commenting on an update in bodhi requires you to have a FAS 
> account, which can be inconvenient for the majority of Fedora users.  We 
> could potentially allow more convenient commenting to the public through 
>  some other means.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha
> Users not authenticated through FAS are given the option to type in a 
> CAPTCHA string, which allows them to comment without authenticating.  A 
> CAPTCHA should be sufficient to control spam.
> 

This all sounds good to me, +1

Regards,

Hans